CHARLOTTE — Vicki Foster passed away on July 25, surrounded by her family and friends. Foster served as the highest-ranking ...

James Ferguson II, a Charlotte civil rights lawyer whose landmark cases desegregated schools nationwide died July 21, 2025 at ...

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Ferguson, a partner in North Carolina's first integrated law firm, devoted his career to civil rights and racial justice.

Charlotte historians say impacts of the 1971 Supreme Court case Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education are still ...

C HARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The Charlotte community was this week mourning the loss of James E. “Fergie” Ferguson II -- a civil ...

James E. "Fergie" Ferguson II, a notable North Carolina civil rights attorney and activist, died Monday at the age of 82.

Civil rights attorney James Ferguson II passed away at 82, leaving a lasting impact on Charlotte and civil rights law.

Ferguson, an Asheville native who was born in the Jim Crow South in 1942, co-founded North Carolina’s first interracial law firm. He also helped civil rights leader Julius Chambers represent the Black ...

ASHEVILLE - Trailblazing civil rights attorney and Asheville native James "Fergie" Ferguson died the morning of July 21, his ...

Russ Ferguson, U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, joined North and South Carolina’s attorneys general and other officials on Monday in Charlotte to announce the results of ...

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